120 outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio reported in Nigeria
Sept. 6, 2021 The Representative of the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria, Dr. Peter Hawkins, has said that a massive outbreak of vaccine-derived polio has been reported in…
Nigeria’s Ihekweazu to head new WHO pandemic data-driven hub in Germany
Sept 2, 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) says Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), will head its newly-inaugurated Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence based…
Nigeria’s Ihekweazu Appointed Assistant DG Of WHO
September 1, 2021 The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has been appointed as the Assistant Director General of Health Emergency Intelligence at the…
South Africa detects new coronavirus variant, still studying its mutations
Aug. 30,2021 South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations but are yet to establish whether it is more contagious or able to overcome the immunity…
COVID-19: U.S. intelligence community says cannot solve mystery without China
Aug. 28, 2021 The U.S. intelligence community does not believe it can resolve a debate over whether a Chinese laboratory incident was the source of COVID-19 without more information, U.S….
BioNTech eyes Rwanda, Senegal for malaria, tuberculosis vaccine production
Aug. 27, 2021 COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech said on Friday it was looking into building malaria and tuberculosis vaccine production sites in Rwanda and Senegal, narrowing its search for African…
COVID-19: China criticises U.S. ‘scapegoating’ over origin report, demands American labs be investigated
Aug. 26, 2021 China on Wednesday criticized the U.S. “politicisation” of efforts to trace the origin of the coronavirus, demanding without any evidence that American labs be investigated, ahead of…
COVID -19: U.S. review of China origin unlikely to solve vexing questions
Aug. 25, 2021 President Joe Biden is set to be briefed on the U.S. intelligence community’s investigation into how COVID-19 started, with the report likely to disappoint in delivering clear…
WHO seeks greatest scientific minds to probe new pathogens that jump from animals to humans
Aug 21, 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday it was looking for the greatest scientific minds to advise on investigations into new high-threat pathogens that jump from…
Ebola, other outbreaks, atop COVID-19, risk straining West Africa health systems -WHO
Aug 19, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Thursday that on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Africa is facing new outbreaks of the viral haemorrhagic fevers Marburg…